Fridge Leaking from the side

[admin]

Hi, I have a fridge that is leaking onto the floor on the front left side. The freezer is on the top and it looks like it is leaking down the fridge from the freezer on the left, but when I check the freezer, it’s totally clean.
It almost looks like it’s coming from inside the fridge but im not sure. I checked the pan in the back above the compressor and its fine, plus the leak is toward the front.

Thanks for any input.

[Penguin45]

Check drain tube from back of fridge cooler plate. It should drain into the tray on top of the compressor, but they do get blocked. so the water drains down inside the fridge.

Switch off before you do anything.

Regards,
Penguin45.

[admin]

Re: Fridge Leaking from the side

OK, I checked and felt the tub but did not feel anything obvious, supposedly someone I know that works on these is coming over tommorow to take a look at it (he’s kind of unreliable). So if he doesnt show up I will check it. Is their any basics that I need to know of how do I go about checking for clogs? I felt the tube with my hand but couldnt really feel anything that wasnt consistant.

Thanks for the help

[kwatt]

Hiya,

How old is the fridge and what make and model is it?

K.

[Dave_Conway]

Re: Fridge Leaking from the side

If the freezer is a seperate appliance, it may also be worth checking the very bottom of the freezer, I know you have checked the inside but certain makes of freezer are notorious for having insulation problems at the base where the ice will break through and start to melt at room temperature causing this problem.

Just a thought, otherwise, as Penguin mentioned, it will almost certainly be a blockage in the defrost drain tube.

Dave.

[kwatt]

Re: Fridge Leaking from the side

Dave_Conway wrote:If the freezer is a seperate appliance, it may also be worth checking the very bottom of the freezer, I know you have checked the inside but certain makes of freezer are notorious for having insulation problems at the base where the ice will break through and start to melt at room temperature causing this problem.

Yeah I know about Hotpoint as well, the reason that I asked. 😉

K.

[Dave_Conway]

Re: Fridge Leaking from the side

kwatt wrote:Yeah I know about Hotpoint as well, the reason that I asked. 😉

LOL 😆

I wasn’t going to mention any names 😉

Dave.

[admin]

Re: Fridge Leaking from the side

OK, thanks for your help, it did turn out to be a problem with a blockage in the defrost drain tube. It’s a Whirpool thats at least 10 years old. What happened was the freezer has auto-defrost, and there was some coffee beans that fell out of the back of the freezer that clogged the little plastic piece that catches the water and is attached to the hose. The coffee beans effectively stopped any water from getting into the hose and so the water actually froze in the plastice peice that was attached to the hose, so when it when into defrosting mode it would hit the ice block that was there and just slide down the back of the fridge, and out of the front left side.

Thanks for your help!

[admin]

we have just defrosted the fridge freezer and now the door alarm on the freezer wont stop, although the freezr door is shut! Nothing else seems to be wrong with it

[admin]

Re: Fridge Leaking from the side

Try powering down the controls for 1 minute.

Kevin

Are you sure its door open and not low temp warning?

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